HISD sets meeting dates for proposed change to school hours

HISD will be holding public meetings next month to get input from parents and community members about school start and end times, says KTRK-TV.

The plans are just one way the district is hoping to reduce “a projected $34 million deficit for the 2012-2013 school year,” according to a Feb. 27 report by KTRK.

The district hopes that by adjusting the school hours, buses would operate more efficiently.

Elementary classes would start either at 7:30 a.m. or 8:30 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. or 4 p.m.; middle schools would run from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.; and high school students would be on campus from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.